I think people are putting far too much weight into Western Michigan’s poor record. They’ve been hit by more injuries and suspensions than any other team in the league, with the possible exception of Miami. Now that they’re healthy (especially Whitfield and Ward), Hawkins has a nice assortment of pieces with which to assemble a pretty decent basketball team. You might even argue that the injuries, in the long run, could very well help them com MAC tournament time by allowing Whittington, Ritchie and others to emerge as contributors. Write it down. WMU will knock off an unfortunate MAC East team in the tournament.
People are complaining about KD’s coaching last night. While I’ll agree Nik and Nitro were repeatedly offensive on the offensive side, I think KD deserves credit for recognizing and exploiting the mismatches Tree and Zeke posed inside. That’s where the tide turned. I love having both of those guys on the floor together.
I'll add this. At the beginning of the year it was as if the Zips didn't know how to win a close game. Now they play like they don't know how to LOSE a close game. That, in itself, is HUGE at this point in the season.